How to Read and Present a Technical Paper: Tips and Guidelines
Discover the 3-Pass Approach to reading technical papers, prepare for a presentation with key questions and adaptation tips, and follow presentation guidelines for effective communication. Learn rules for structuring slides and preparing for a successful talk.
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CSE 501 CSE 501 How to Read and Present a How to Read and Present a Technical Paper Technical Paper Dimitrios Koutsonikolas Dimitrios Koutsonikolas November 26, 2019
Reading Papers Recommended reading: How to Read a paper , S. Keshav 3-pass approach 2
The 3-Pass Approach Pass 1: the 5 C s Category Context Correctness Contribution Clarity Pass 2: identify key points Pass 3: virtually recreate the paper 3
Talk Preparation Questions I A. Analyze the paper What is the problem? What is the motivation? Required background/context Paper s key points Experimental methods/design Most important results. Any unexpected results? Authors conclusions Implications, impact on future work Any weaknesses? 4
Talk Preparation Questions II B. Adapt paper for your audience Why should the audience be interested in this topic? What do they already know? What terms/definitions will be new? Which key points/definitions will be most difficult to grasp? 5
Presentation Guidelines Rule 0: Understand the paper, identify key points, think how to adapt for audience Rule 1: Have a slide very early on that states the key points of the paper Rule 2: Structure rest of talk around key points Rule 3: Explain purpose of experiments, experimental setup, results, conclusions drawn Rule 4: Two parts in your talk 1st part: present paper as author 2nd part: your critique 6
Presentation Guidelines (Slides) Rule 5: Use a big letter size! Rule 6: Do not clutter your slides! Rule 7: Pictures are almost always better than text Rule 8: A slide should never try to convey more than a single concept 7
Presentation Guidelines (Preparation) Rule 9: Do at least a couple of dry-runs Rule 10: Think of possible questions, prepare back-up slides Rule 11: To memorize or not? Memorizing the first few slides often helps 8
Presentation Guidelines (On the Stage) Rule 12: Make it look like you are having a good time Rule 13: Make sure the audience can always see the screen Rule 14: Do not try too hard to be funny Rule 15: Maintain eye contact with the audience 9
How Do I Describe a Graph? It is the presenter s task to explain the graph and the conclusions drawn to the audience! Describe x, y axis Describe points, lines, bars, error bars, etc. Describe conclusions 10
How Do I Describe a Graph? Throughput (Mbps) Protocol A Protocol B Offered Load (Mbps) 11
Questions? 12
